The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-11

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thelr capital stock and change their nans use
location; for the constructions Of a conoressane
iIOI&ry 4ultatne; to grant a license to tow
ing vessels TO carry q limited number Of narsas
In addition to their crews: 10 forfaIt tsvAs
New Orleans, Baton Rouge 4 Vickshurg sne
n"ne% Suo gLsa'; 70 reduce the fees on domestic
allowances for clerk hire to postmaseers ~ Use
nrst ana second classes to cover the COST ~ So Y
thu LABOR M0oc "a tne money order bureau; TO extend
the immediate delivery system; to prohibit ~
passage OF local or special laws In the tery3 tae
res; making appropriations for additional hsy-
RACKS at the Southern, North western ana Wsat
ern branches OF the National Soldiers' ho,aasas
provide for closing up the business OF tha $50
OF Alabama claims; to establish additional i,ss
saving stations; for the construction ~ 49,
tlonal light houses; extending the free daIeSn-
system 70 towns Of 10, 900 persons; to Hnena
the statutes so as to require brewers 10 cgr.
ponds Tor three times their estimated mnnthtw
tax; for allowing Fourth Of July claims rsroa.
ed by the accounting officers Of the treasnrvs
amend an act for the muster and pay Of ceyt.ss
oWcers, so That any person duly commisSions1
whether the commission was receivsa
not, shall be considered to have been connis
stoned Tor the date named IN the oommissinn,
TO provide a school of instruction for cavaIrs,
and light artillery; to provide for the insnectias
OF tobacco, cigars and snuh and.to repeal sectlcn
3l0l, revised Statutes; to effect a rearranoa.
ment q grades of officers In the adiutant co.
erals Department.: to provide for fIlinv ~
office OF United States treasurer in the ahsancs
OF treasurer and assistant treasurer; to allow
merchandise liable to specific rates Of dntv ~
be transported In bond, although the mercb.ns
disc may not appear by the invoice TO he con
~signHdto the port desired; to allow UNDERWATER
TO be recognized as ~cOnsignees of merohandiss
on abandoned vessels: TO restrict ownershin n
lands in the territories to American citizens. II
prohloit government employees from hiring or
contracting ont the labor Of United States con-.
Vlcts; TO amend the act prohibiting the importa.
tlon anu Immigration Of foreigners under labor
contracts; to regulate the jurisdiction of United
States circuit courts: for the adjustments ~ IN
land grants and the forfeiture Of unearnediands
TO provide for bringing suits against the govern
ment.
Forty house Joint resolutions became laws
the principal ones being as follows:
Directing the commissioner Of labor Co maks
an investigation Of convict labor; to authorizs
the president to protect American fishing vessels
and American fishermen in Canada; authorizing
an investigation Of the books accounts 81 ths
Pacific road.
THE SENATE BILLS.
or the total numbeF of bills which passed
the senate 800 became laws, including ll5
of a public and 205 of a strictly private
nature. The following is a list Of the more
important senate bulls placed on the statute
books OF the present congress:
The presidential successional bill deyolyins
heirShip TO the presidency upon members Of the
cabinet, In the event Of a vacancy in the Office
OF president and vice president; interstate COM
merce bill; for the retirement and recoinape AZ
trade dollars the electoral count bill for the al
lotment OF lands In s~everalty to Indians and ex.
tending the protection Of the laws to Indisns on
the various reservations; TO repeal the tenure Of
ounce ACT; TO increase the annual appropriation
for militia; to establish agricultural experiment
s~tatiOns; for the study of the effects OF mar
cotles and intoxicants In the public schools; to
ieRalize the incorporation Of trades unions: to
increase the pension for the loss OF an arm or
leg; TO indemnify the Chinese for loss sustained
by the Rock Springs riots: for the relief OF
washington Territory and Idaho; for the settle
ment of accounts for arms between Montana
and the United States; to amend the laws re-
lating to patents, trade marks and copyrights;
TO authorize the postmaster general to allow
| Hnmn1n g1LTnn for rafirnaHa for nrarfpnane a
service furnished pursuant to agreements; to
provide for the execution Of articles of the Chi
nese treaty of Nov. II, 1870.
or the foregoing measures seven became
laws by the expiration of the constitutional
ten days limit, the Mormon polygany trade
dollar, militia and four private bills. The
senate bills vetoed were thirty-nine in nuna-
Der, eleven being OF public and twenty
eight OF private character. Among the pub
Io bills vetoed were these:
To quiet the titles Of settlers on the Des
Moines river lands passed over the veto Ia the
senate and failed OF the two-thirds in the
housed; for the erection of a public building at
Sioux City, Iowa: TO grant railroads right OF
wsy through an Indian reservation in Montana.
The ninety-three house bills vetoed in
cluded eighty-seYen private bills and six
bills Of a public nature. Among the putlfs
bills vetoed were those for the erection of q
federal building al DaIuth, Mimi to dis
tribute seeds among the drouth-stricken
people of Texas, and to grant pensions 10
dependent soldiers and dependent relatives
of deceased soldiers.
n REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
which failed of enactment were the f~ortlhca-
ton bill for both congresses, the river and
harbor bill of the present session (which was
not signed by the p~resident) and the de-
fciency bill, on which the conference report
was not submitted in tf9d6 Tor action. Fifty
bills in addition to these which became
laws and those vetoed were sent to the pres
tdent, but were pocketed by him on the adj
journment of congress. and therefore failed
The most important are as follows:
The river and harbor; to prevent the employ
ment OF convict and alien labor on public WORKS;
to opeAto settlement the public land strip south
of Kansas: the 0,Neil labor arbitration bill Tor
the settlement OF controversies between inter
state roads and their employees: the M9rFison
surplus resolution; to annex q part OF Idaho 70
Washington Territory.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bin and
the bill to repeal the presumption ana
Were In conference for a long while, but the
differences proved irreconcilahle. The Dill
to tax fractional parts OF a gallon OF splrlts
/ was killed by a refusal Of the house TO ac-
cept the conferences report Bulls estaDlIsn-
ing additional aids TO navigation az Lno
mouth of the Mississippi and FORGETTING the
land grant to . railroad from Ontonagon TO
the Wisconsin state line also failed In con-
ference. while the bill to create a depart
ment of agriculture and labor was killed ~
ty1O AhabAltNJ VI LIS AAAchAS w sew S-I
ference committees. About 100 bills ana
joint resolutions which passed the house
failed of action in the senate, some OK winch
were defeated by adverse committee re-
ports. The mosr important Of these are ~
follows:
To authorize the establishment Of cx port TO-
bacco manufactures and for q drawback upon
Imported articles used In manufacturers eA-
ported tobacco: terminate certain Chinese
treaty stipulations and prohibit the Chinese I'M
migration In the United States.
About seventy-hve bills passed by the SEN
ate failed OF passage In the house. The BiaH
educational bill, after passing the senate was
| never allowed TO come before the house f0f